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perpendicularly, he should make her put the fingers 

 of her right hand on the top of her saddle behind, 

 and thus give herself a little help in rising, until she 

 gets used to it. Each time that the rider wishes to 

 make her horse trot, she should sit close while he 

 changes from a walk to a trot, and until he is trot- 

 ting as fast as is necessary, because he does not 

 arrive at that speed instantly, but by hurrying his 

 steps, so that there is no regular cadence of the trot 

 to which she can rise ; and she should follow the 

 same rule when she makes him slacken his pace 

 before coming to a walk. 



The teacher must be careful to see that the hands 

 do not follow the movements of the body, as they 

 must keep quite still, the arms moving at the elbow. 



There is not, nor can there be, any approximate 

 calculation of the height to rise, as that depends 

 entirely upon the gait of the horse. If he takes 

 short steps, the rider must rise oftener, and conse- 

 quently not so high; but, if he is long-gaited, she 

 must rise high, in order not to get back into the 

 saddle before he is ready to take his second step. 



